We're moving the site to another Web host this week. The URL will still be the same [ http://www.societasviaromana.net ], but we might be down for a day or two, as even after everything's been transferred to the new server it usually takes the rest of the 'Net a day or two to catch up with the change.

Salve, mi Iohanne, and Salvete to all you other involuntary exiles who have gotten the same message:

I get the same thing, but I can still log in via the "Login" link at the top of the error page. The important thing is, nobody's actually been banned. So hit that "Login" link and come join the conversation! And if it absolutely will not let you on...wire marius_peregrine (at) yahoo (dot) com; I don't know what's going on either, but I do need to know if it's doing that, and you'll get the chance to vent.

Octavius informs me that the site's been live on the new server for two days. Which means the societasviaromana.net.previewdns.com addy is obsolete. Has been since the file transfer. I never should have directed you there in the first place. The REAL Board is at http://societasviaromana.net/phpBB3 , which is on the new server and is well-behaved.

Frequently Asked Question: Are we "societasviaromana.net" now, or "www.societasviaromana.net"?

Either addy works. It's the same site, same URL, just on a different server. On the back end, we had to tell the look-it-up servers where "[www.]societasviaromana.net" is stored these days: "Mel mea, did you move the salt shaker?" "Ita, from the kitchen counter to the table." But getting there from the front end is the same as it ever was..welll, at least since we became a dot-net, going on four years ago.

Salve, mi Iohanne, and Thank You! I was wondering when someone would comment on it. I do like my Pokémon, and Absol's my favorite. He's got enough of the Wolf about him...but a certain felinicity too; and the myth surrounding him carries a certain resonance for me. Called "the Disaster Pokémon", he is the guardian messenger who, unfortunately, is often mistaken for the disaster itself. Nobody likes to see an Absol, but we'd be in a bigger world of hurt without him.